spoh
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I will start at the beginning. We very irresponsibly bought Lucy (mini rex) on a whim almost two years ago for me daughter. We new nothing about buns, we bought the package deal at Tractor supply and thought we were good. My daughter(19) loved Lucy until she realized that Lucy wasn't going to be that snuggle in bed type of pet that she had been wanting and that she would chew things if let out of her cage. So I brought Lucy downstairs into the living room, after joining this site and learning alot I built her a three level Nic condo. The way the living room is set up I was easily able to block off that room so that Lucy could eventually have free run. She was spayed by that point and we thought totally potty trained. We have had three dogs and a cat, the one dog wanted to eat her but the othersdon't pay any attention to her. The dog that wanted to eat her had a stroke back in August and we had to put him down so she has had a bit more freedom to explore our whole lower level.
Fast forward to last week, we really needed to replace our carpeting and the way that our house is set up if we replaced any wehad to replace all so Lucy's room had to be replaced too. When we were rolling up the old carpeting it became very obvious that Lucy isn't nearly as litter trained as we thought she was. We could see all of the spot all over the back of the carpeting,it was pretty nasty, I don't know why the room didn't smell. While her room was being worked in we moved her downsized condo out into the dining room. I can't keep it out there, there is no room what so ever but I really hate to put her back onto the carpeting. If I put her back in there she is going to have to be caged most of the time, we can't have her peeing on the new carpet. Since she has been in the dining room she has been caged most of the time and doing fine with it but I don't think it's fair after having full run of a room for nearly two years. I don't know if the spots that we saw were pre-spay spots so she was marking or if they were from the past two years but there was a lot. If there we pre-spay will she mark the new carpet because it doesn't have her scent on it?
Like I said, I am being honest and looking for advice, I know we were wrong to get her without knowing what we were getting into. I have contacted two people on RO that seem to be highly regarded that live in a neighboring town to see if they would be interested in taking her but I haven't heard back from them. I do love Lucy, my husband and I both do but we worked really hard to be able to replace the flooring and we can't have it ruined. The color of the new carpet would make it nearly impossible for me to see the pee if she did pee on it. I don't know what to do, we can't cover to the whole room in plastic. So I either keep her caged and only let her out if we can sit right with her or I rehome her. Another thing is, she would love a friend she really wants to be friends with our cat but the cat doesn't understand that she can't play with Lucy the way she would another cat so we can't allow it and there is no way that we can get another bun.
I'm not looking to be criticized about our irresponsibility, we know that we were irresponsible and we are now trying to solve the problem. Any advice would be so helpful! Thanks!
Joy
Fast forward to last week, we really needed to replace our carpeting and the way that our house is set up if we replaced any wehad to replace all so Lucy's room had to be replaced too. When we were rolling up the old carpeting it became very obvious that Lucy isn't nearly as litter trained as we thought she was. We could see all of the spot all over the back of the carpeting,it was pretty nasty, I don't know why the room didn't smell. While her room was being worked in we moved her downsized condo out into the dining room. I can't keep it out there, there is no room what so ever but I really hate to put her back onto the carpeting. If I put her back in there she is going to have to be caged most of the time, we can't have her peeing on the new carpet. Since she has been in the dining room she has been caged most of the time and doing fine with it but I don't think it's fair after having full run of a room for nearly two years. I don't know if the spots that we saw were pre-spay spots so she was marking or if they were from the past two years but there was a lot. If there we pre-spay will she mark the new carpet because it doesn't have her scent on it?
Like I said, I am being honest and looking for advice, I know we were wrong to get her without knowing what we were getting into. I have contacted two people on RO that seem to be highly regarded that live in a neighboring town to see if they would be interested in taking her but I haven't heard back from them. I do love Lucy, my husband and I both do but we worked really hard to be able to replace the flooring and we can't have it ruined. The color of the new carpet would make it nearly impossible for me to see the pee if she did pee on it. I don't know what to do, we can't cover to the whole room in plastic. So I either keep her caged and only let her out if we can sit right with her or I rehome her. Another thing is, she would love a friend she really wants to be friends with our cat but the cat doesn't understand that she can't play with Lucy the way she would another cat so we can't allow it and there is no way that we can get another bun.
I'm not looking to be criticized about our irresponsibility, we know that we were irresponsible and we are now trying to solve the problem. Any advice would be so helpful! Thanks!
Joy